Realistic nitrate concentration alters the expression of sexual traits and olfactory male attractiveness in newts

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 800-808

  Secondi, Jean ^a   Hinot, Emeric ^a   Djalout, Zohra ^a   Sourice, Stéphane ^a   Jadas Hécart, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Mating preference; Palmate newt; Sexual selection; Triturus helveticus; Urodele

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE; MATING BEHAVIOR; NITRATE; OLFACTORY CUE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS HELVETICUS;

EID: 67649786877     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01558.x     Document Type: Article

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